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We offer the information on this page for  use by parents and teachers--

**Some Definitions that can help: "Family Literacy", "Literacy/Literacies", "Early Literacy", "Emergent Literacy" 

**Search for definitions and info using the "info please" search box --

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*The FAMILY SETTING and language use  and literacy practices within that setting determine to a large extent how our young children will grow into literacy.

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STORY TELLING and how it can be put to use--

**Storytelling is an important basis for building Early Literacy-- "How to tell stories"--suggestions:   http://www.veoda.com/search/UFT-8/nph-x.mpl?category=web&qry_str=+how+to+tell+stories+to+young+children  

*The ORAL TRADITION includes more than story telling

*The Oral traditions in the West Indies contribute towards an understanding of how people communicate  here and how they value literacy: http://www.veoda.com/search/UFT-8/nph-x.mpl?refer=&qry_str=What+are++the+Oral+Traditions++of+the+West+Indies  -- or you may want to search for info about these traditions for yourself

* Why we  should build oral language skills in young children: --their language competence   http://www.veoda.com/search/UFT-8/nph-x.mpl?category=web&qry_str=Developing+Oral+language+in+Caribbean+children

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*A list of Story and oral resources for young  children :http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=What+is+the+oral+tradition+in+the+West+Indies%3F&as_q=Stories+for+young+Caribbean+children&btnG=Search%C2%A0within%C2%A0results

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In the Chatterbox notes we put forward the view that perceptions of Literacy in the wider community will influence  how young children acquire literacy skills. Here is a  site that reports on this topic in a U K setting -- National Centre for Language and Literacy--University of Reading:  http://www.ncll.org.

*A resource about understanding Caribbean English (for Literacy Tutors--Canada):  http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/caribb/contents.htm

*NALD.ca  Full text  documents--Go to section on "Family Literacy":  http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/search/

**Family Literacy Resource sites-- Virginia Adult Learning Center:  http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/links/familylit.shtml

**Assist us by searching for-- "Family Literacy Resources in the Caribbean" to see what's available:  http://www.veoda.com

**A Professional Resource for parents and teachers--with good "how-to" suggestions for teaching young children:  http://www.earlychildhood.com/

 

 

This section introduces children's books and tales(multicultural) which you can use as read alouds or for story telling.  Young children also want to experiment with retelling  familiar stories or to compose their own. Connect oral text with their book sources and share these with the children for increased participation.

**A list of High Quality Children's books...NCREL.org:http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li1lk24.htm

**Children's Caribbean Literature List--A. Wallace, NALIS (tt):  http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Education/BIBLIOGR.htm

**An excellent and highly-rated resource--The International Children's Digital Library--with over 500 well-formatted and carefully chosen texts :http://www.icdlbooks.org/

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An good resource for teaching Literacy in the community--courses for volunteers:

http://www.literacycampus.org/. 

There are some recently added courses for teaching Literacy to children.

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